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torrid

[ tawr-id, tor- ]

adjective

  1. subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:

    the torrid sands of the Sahara.

    Synonyms: tropical

    Antonyms: Arctic

  2. oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air.

    Synonyms: fiery, scorching

    Antonyms: frigid

  3. ardent; passionate:

    a torrid love story.

    Antonyms: cool



torrid

/ ˈtɒrɪd /

adjective

  1. so hot and dry as to parch or scorch
  2. arid or parched
  3. highly charged emotionally

    a torrid love scene



torrid

/ tôrĭd /

  1. Parched with the heat of the sun.


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Derived Forms

  • ˈtorridly, adverb
  • torˈridity, noun

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Other Words From

  • tor·ridi·ty torrid·ness noun
  • torrid·ly adverb
  • hyper·torrid adjective
  • hyper·torrid·ly adverb
  • hyper·torrid·ness noun
  • un·torrid adjective
  • un·torrid·ly adverb
  • un·torrid·ness noun
  • untor·ridi·ty noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of torrid1

1580–90; < Latin torridus dried up, parched, equivalent to torr ( ēre ) to parch, burn ( torrent, thirst ) + -idus -id 4

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Word History and Origins

Origin of torrid1

C16: from Latin torridus, from torrēre to scorch

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Example Sentences

It is tasked with mitigating environmental destruction brought on by three and a half decades of torrid growth.

They look at each other meaningfully—and repair to the boiler room for some torrid sex.

The pace of fourth quarter growth is nowhere near as torrid – about 2.3 percent according to Macroeconomic Advisers.

Basil, cucumber, mangoes, the cooing of turtledoves on torrid afternoons, the screech of buses coming to a sudden halt.

Michelle Cottle on the ballad of Johnny and Rielle—and the lessons we can all learn from their torrid affair.

We there meet with the fruits of the torrid zone, and near them the apple and the peach of Europe.

The reddish, stony and parched ground, radiated the torrid heat of the sun that was westerning behind the hills.

The drizzling winter had given place to a glorious early summer, and the days increased in heat until they became torrid.

It was summer time when I first went there, under brilliant sunshine and in torrid heat.

"Of course, a girl like Pauline always wants to dance, no matter how torrid the night," explained Chester.

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